I was suggesting that you did it today, just before you wrote the other message. And somehow you hacked the system to not show the post had been edited!
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I was suggesting that you did it today, just before you wrote the other message. And somehow you hacked the system to not show the post had been edited!
The link is probaly dead then, which means if someone else posts a picture of it now, you too will have celebrated too early.
On an uphill finish, you need to have Magnus Cort one kilometer behind you if you want to celebrate when crossing the finish line. 
I don't understand why racers don't wait until after the line to celebrate. Ok, if they are solo, way ahead, whatever, but if there are other racers there just wait two more seconds.
Hard to tell… Probably they celebrate (too) early because celebrating stops the pain of the sprint in the legs.
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At least the riders can laugh about it in hindsight:
View: https://twitter.com/JasperPhilipsen/status/1626259862530281472
(credit to @Jungle Cycle who had posted it in the thread for that race)
View: https://twitter.com/JasperPhilipsen/status/1626259862530281472
(credit to @Jungle Cycle who had posted it in the thread for that race)
Perhaps Van Wilder can find solace in joining such a select group
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This is neither too early nor too late, but this thread is the nearest we have to "excruciating ways to lose a bike race" without starting a new thread, so
View: https://twitter.com/jesus_egizabal/status/1647636652624412672
View: https://twitter.com/jesus_egizabal/status/1647636652624412672
Wonder if and where they had the photofinish pointing at. The runner is the first to reach the white line but narrowly misses out on reaching the small black line first.
If he ran the bend on the inside instead of the outside (and carried the bike on the shoulder instead of pushing it) he might have won, tho.
If he ran the bend on the inside instead of the outside (and carried the bike on the shoulder instead of pushing it) he might have won, tho.
Yes, he should do some CX so he can win the next time this happens to him.
I was worried when I saw the lady with the walking stick arrive. Thought she was going to walk across the finish line and impede the oncoming riders.
Looks like he was trying to run on the central strip that doesn't have cobbles.
Cue in Marty MacDonald talking about how cyclocross is important for a road rider preparation.
Also, the guy who won was also very courageous to start celebrating when still behind the other guy, who was with the front wheel touching the white line.
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Henok Mulubrhan looking more pleased than he ought to for coming 3rd in Giro dell'Appennino
A quick look at his PCS page shows it's his best result in a European pro race. Maybe he was genuinely very pleased.
A nice one from a small French race:
View: https://twitter.com/OutOfCycling/status/1670367362799861764
View: https://twitter.com/OutOfCycling/status/1670367362799861764
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It's a bit naughty when you're doing it to two riders from the same team, but it's obviously their own fault for showboating.
It appears the tweet has been removed...
Non-removed version for all of us to enjoy. It has to be the greatest premature celebration ever...
Was that a third guy from the same team in the background?
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